[eru]

Though the relevant governments in Poland and Germany probably spent a lot of time and effort (and money). Only some of them they will get back.

But I guess that's a risk they knew they were taking.

[rsynnott]

I doubt there was much; the sort of outright subsidy the US sometimes does is usually classed as unlawful state aid in the EU (there are exceptions; in particular member states were allowed to bail out/nationalise their banks in the financial crisis. But subsidies to random foreign companies would generally be illegal; see the Apple tax case).

[eru]

Well, I'm also taking about all the bureaucrats time wasted on wooing Intel.

The time of government officials and civil servants ain't free.